The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

May I now in the conclusion more particularly exhort you, 1. That you will live upon things foreseen. 2. That you will promote this life of faith in others, according to your several capacities.

Princes and Nobles live not always: You are not the Rulers of the unmoveable Kingdom; but of a boat that is in an hasty stream, or a ship under sail, that will speed both Pilot and Passengers to the shore. Dixi, estis Dii: at moriemini ut homines. It was not the least or worst of Kings, that said, [I am a stranger upon earth] Psal. 119.19. Vermis sum, non homo: I am a worm, and no man, Psal. 32.6. You are the greater worms, and we the little ones: but we must all say with Job, ch. 17.13, 14. [The grave is our house, and we must make our beds in darkness: Corruption is our Father, and the Worm our Mother and our Sister.] The inexorable Leveller is ready at your backs, to convince you by unresistible argument, that dust you are, and to dust you shall return. Heaven should be as desirable, and Hell as terrible to you as to others. No man will ⟨p. 44⟩[…] ⟨p. 45⟩[…] ⟨p. 44⟩[…] ⟨p. 45⟩[…] ⟨p. 46⟩fear you after death: much less will Christ be afraid to judge you. Luke 19.27. As the Kingdoms and glory of the world were contemned by him in the hour of his temptation; so are they inconsiderable to procure his approbation. Trust not therefore to uncertain riches. Value them but as they will prove at last. As you stand on higher ground than others, it is meet that you should see further. The greater are your advantages, the wiser and better you should be: and therefore should better perceive the difference between things temporal and eternal. It is always dark where these glow-worms shine, and a rotten post doth seem a fire.